0.3.7 Release

0.3.7 is here, and writing all this out made me realise how many changes I've made! That's exciting!

The main changes this version brings are...

ADDITIONS

• Pickups - There are now items in the game. At the moment they are limited to the Sword and the Gun
  • Sword - provides a stacking 20% increase to your attack range.
  • Gun - makes your next attack a huge blast across the arena. Use wisely.

• Invisibility Meter - No longer reveal immediately when standing still
  • There is now a meter that ticks down whenever you stand still. You will only reveal when that meter is empty. 
  • Use this grace period to lie in wait for your enemy. 
  • Moving refills this meter. 

• UI - Adding more complex mechanics has forced me at last to add a UI
  • HP Bar, that ticks down in chunks depending on how much health you selected.
  • Invisibility meter that works as described above.
  • Attack Ready sprite to make it clearer when your attack comes off cooldown. This is very much placeholder of a placeholder atm.

CHANGES

• Better environmental effects
  • Leaves now consider the player's location when receiving knockback
  • Bushes have been remade from the ground up and produce a more subtle, stable effect
  • Blood splatter now reacts to the attacking player's position

• Player Sprite - the player is no longer a circular blob. 
  • Using the excellent PicoCAD,  I've modelled a lil model to give players a better sense of their character. I think it's cute!

Roadmap
Thanks to some excellent play testers in my local FGC, I've realised that the game needs a lot of help with accessibility. My main two areas to focus on are Readability and Controls. Following that, I'll work on more Content.

• Readability
  • Make the "Attack Ready" effect much clearer
  • Add visual indicators to pickups
  • Clearer HP bars, with pips or markers to indicate player damage chunks.

• Controls
  • The two players, one controller thing is cute but not... fun or comfortable.
  • Add multi controller support. 
  • Test support for 3+ players.

• Content
  • More powerups
  • Player classes
  • More environmental effects